I have managed to hack support for the RM Bridge available here http://rm-bridge.fun2code.de/ using the LIRC plugin as a base. My python is rusty and I did not fully understand how the LIRC plugin worked so there is lots of superfluous code still in there, but it works. Just drop the folder in the ZIP to the plugins folder. I would suggest testing the bridge functionality using the Web based UI here before configuring the plugin. http://rm-bridge.fun2code.de/rm_manage/index.html

It supports learning new IR and 433MHz code shortcuts and sending these through the Bridge to the RM2. My bridge has been up for over a week now using a cheap Android TV box so it would seem to be a reliable, if not slightly a convoluted way of using the RM2. An old phone would probably work too if left on charge.

Unfortunately, you do need an Android device on the network, running RM bridge as Broadlink have no support for Windows direct sending.

The problem is the name I used for my send command. My send command name was: HK power ON
As I understand you are not allowed to have space in the command name. When I used: HKpowerON instead
there is no error and command is sent!

I have only just looked back at this as it seems I was not getting notification on topic updates. I think it is an RM-bridge limitation to have names with no spaces, but I am not sure. Glad you got it working.

I have just found some Python examples of how to communicate directly with the RM2 and their new little IR only device, the RM Mini:

I have ordered the mini for testing and plan to wite a direct from EG/Python plugin to handle them both without the Android bridge in the middle. The Android bridge is great and has allowed me to communicate from EG but there are sometimes some latency issues which I suspect are due to the bridge.... And it is another point of failure, so I hope the direct approach will make things even better.

I am trying to get my eventghost setup to receive and transmit RF from my hifi remote. I did a bit of research and concluded that the broadlink RM2 device seems to be as good a route as any (cheapest at least )

Couple of questions:-

1) Does this plugin work with the now more common Broadlink RM3 Pro device?
2) Is there any other method I'm missing? A USB/RS232 RF module that attaches direct to my PC with an eventghost plugin would be my ideal solution.

thanks for the response. unfortunately the amp only supports RF commands. If the broadlink device doesn't cut it, does anyone have any suggestions what would? I guess I only need to learn the command once, then the device can stay in transmit mode thereafter.